The Analysis of Firms and Employees: Quantitative and Qualitative Approaches

The long-term impact of globalization, outsourcing, and technological change on workers is increasingly being studied by economists. At the nexus of labor economics, industry studies, and industrial organization, The Analysis of Firms and Employees presents new findings about these impacts by examining the interaction between the internal workings of businesses and outside influences from the market using data from countries around the globe. The result is enhanced insight into the dynamic interrelationship between firms and workers.
A distinguished team of researchers here examines the relationships between human resource practices and productivity, changing ownership and production methods, and expanding trade patterns and firm competitiveness. With analyses of large-scale, nationwide datasets as well as focused, intensive observation of a few firms, The Analysis of Firms and Employees will challenge economists, policymakers, and scholars alike to rethink their assumptions about the workplace.

Contents
vii
Acknowledgments ix
Introduction 1
Stefan Bender, Julia Lane, Kathryn Shaw,
Fredrik Andersson, and Till von Wachter
I. HUMAN RESOURCE PRACTICES AND FIRM PRODUCTIVITY
1. The Effect of HRM Practices and R&D
Investment on Worker Productivity 19
Fredrik Andersson, Clair Brown,
Benjamin Campbell, Hyowook Chiang,
and Yooki Park
2. Using Behavioral Economic Field Experiments
at a Firm: The Context and Design of the
Truckers and Turnover Project 45
Stephen V. Burks, Jeffrey Carpenter,
Lorenz Götte, Kristen Monaco, Kay Porter,
and Aldo Rustichini
3. Subjective Evaluation of Performance and
Evaluation Interview: Empirical Evidence
from France 107
Marc-Arthur Diaye, Nathalie Greenan,
and Michal W. Urdanivia
II. FIRM DIFFERENCES IN HUMAN RESOURCES PRACTICES
4. Do Initial Conditions Persist between Firms?
An Analysis of Firm-Entry Cohort Effects
and Job Losers Using Matched
Employer-Employee Data 135
Till von Wachter and Stefan Bender
5. Changes in Workplace Segregation in the
United States between 1990 and 2000: Evidence
from Matched Employer-Employee Data 163
Judith Hellerstein, David Neumark, and
Melissa McInerney
6. The Effect of Tuition Reimbursement on
Turnover: A Case Study Analysis 197
Colleen Flaherty Manchester
III. EFFECTS OF OWNERSHIP CHANGES ON THE ORGANIZATION
OF PRODUCTION
7. Ownership and Wages: Estimating
Public-Private and Foreign-Domestic
Differentials with LEED from Hungary,
1986 to 2003 229
John S. Earle and Álmos Telegdy
8. Insider Privatization and Careers: A Study
of a Russian Firm in Transition 253
Guido Friebel and Elena Panova
IV. GLOBALIZATION, TRADE, AND LABORMARKETS
9. Trade and Workforce Changeover in Brazil 269
Marc-Andreas Muendler
10. Job Creation Abroad and Worker Retention
at Home 309
Sascha O. Becker and Marc-Andreas Muendler
11. Wage and Productivity Premiums in
Sub-Saharan Africa 345
Johannes Van Biesebroeck
Contributors 373
Author Index 377
Subject Index 383